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...and what about the rollers inside the input shaft? And how much play for the mainshaft 5th on its sleeve?
All wear adds up for the bad and it comes to uneven tooth contact (side to side of flanks), excessive backlash and material fatigue.
TM 9-2520-246-34, pages 3-22 to 3-24, gives you the...
Hey Tom, prob. remove what, the PTO.....? I don't think so. Remember it only engages the reverse idler gear and that you can leave in place anyways.
:ditto:
G.
FWIW that is a 3053 overdrive.
Pictured is the countershaft, with the bad 5th in the center, 3rd and 2nd to the right and the countershaft driven gear to the left (barely to be seen).
The largest gear on the 3053 countershaft is 5th, vs the 3052 where the driven gear is larger than "5th" (which...
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